PERSEPHONE'S RETURN

Photo by S. Auberle

PERSEPHONE'S RETURN

…and everything is mother-of-pearl and

jasper, but the light's source is a secret.

                ~  Anna Akhmatova

all night long

wind keened

over the frozen lake

where Winter still

gripped fiercely

icy fingers trying

to hold on tight 

but now in morning sun

a goddess tiptoes

over the land

basket of seeds

over her arm

clear orange light

trailing in her wake

beneath a bed

of old snow   

first dandelion stirs

combs her yellow hair

birds begin their

courting songs

flaunting fancy

nuptial finery

and you and I

awake at dawn

our hearts breaking

open with happiness

to be here

yet another

Spring